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I just created this wikiproject, after several months of contemplating doing so. I hope everyone working on hurricane articles will get involved. I went ahead and wrote a bunch of guidelines, basically based on current practices...naturally since this is something I just wrote it doesn't necessarily represent community consensus and needs to be discussed. That discussion should probably go here for now...although eventually we may make these pages a little more structured. For a general TODO list, see the "tasks" item on the project page. Jdorje 23:17, 5 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Gulf of Mexico/America

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Question as the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season will be upon us in a few months: How shall we refer to the Gulf? Drdpw (talk) 16:53, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

The way we always have. Wikipedia is an international website visited by people around the world, and it's important to keep terminology as non-biased as possible. I don't want to use the wording bestowed upon us by some convicted felon who happens to be the US president, and don't care at all that he issued an executive order. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 16:55, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
It doesn't even look like the NWS is following the order. [1] ✶Quxyz✶ 23:54, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Nevermind, they changed it to GoA. ✶Quxyz✶ 18:02, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
In the same way as we handle the South China Sea? Jason Rees (talk) 16:56, 11 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Let's not let politics intersect with weather any more than we have to. 🐔 Chicdat  Bawk to me! 20:29, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Our article is at Gulf of Mexico; therefore we should link to Gulf of Mexico. Should the editors of that article decide it should be named differently, then we should follow suit. Til then, it's a non-issue. --21:22, 12 February 2025 (UTC) Golbez (talk) 21:22, 12 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
So, even if NWS/NHC or reliable US-based secondary sources use "Gulf of America," we will nonetheless use "Gulf of Mexico," is that what we are saying? Drdpw (talk) 21:25, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Correct. The whole body of water was never known as the "Gulf of America", even with the executive order. Using "Gulf of America" shows more fealty to a convicted felon who happens to be president, rather than following any kind of accuracy amongst neutral sources, and especially when following the long established precedent of WP:COMMONNAME. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 21:30, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Correct. We only care about their specific words if we're reporting specifically on their words (i.e. a paragraph or article about a warning bulletin, like the infamous Katrina disaster bulletin). Again, all that matters is: If we aren't quoting them specifically, then we should use the name of the article, and presently, that's Gulf of Mexico. That can change. It hasn't yet. This is still a non-issue. --Golbez (talk) 21:34, 13 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Discussion at Talk:Tropical Storm Gabrielle (2007) § Notability?

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 You are invited to join the discussion at Talk:Tropical Storm Gabrielle (2007) § Notability?. FozzieHey (talk) 12:03, 18 February 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Should the infoboxes of every Hurricane seasons be replaced with collage images?

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Tornado season articles like 2024 and 2022 are having their infoboxes changed to have a collage of the biggest highlights of those years. Should Hurricane Season articles get the same treatment? Hoguert (talk) 16:22, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]

No because every storm gets its own subsection. Noah, BSBATalk 17:47, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Agreed, the track map is the best way to display all of the storms. ♫ Hurricanehink (talk) 19:23, 2 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Climatologically speaking, I believe that tracks of the storms are far more important than what the individual storms look like at peak. ✶Quxyz✶ 00:04, 3 March 2025 (UTC)[reply]
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